· Washington, D.C. / Rosedale, Mississippi

Gong Lum v. Rice Decided

injustice

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Mississippi could classify a US-born Chinese American student as 'colored' and bar her from a white school, extending 'separate but equal' segregation to Asian Americans.

Communities
  • Chinese American
Topics
  • education
  • segregation
Event type
  • court case

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